Can Boeing Really Fight The US Government?

Washington State has been a "base" state for
Democratic presidential campaigns since 1988. South
Carolina has been a "base" state
for Republican presidential campaigns since 1980.

When Boeing announced that it would be moving part of its 787
manufacturing capability from Washington State to South Carolina,
it was only a matter of time before the Obama Administration
would retaliate.

It wasn't a long wait. The National Labor Relations Board last
week filed a
complaint against Boeing, saying that its decision to build a
manufacturing facility in South Carolina amounted to unfair
bargaining with its labor unions. Everyone denied that politics
were involved, an assertion believed by exactly no one.

Ordinarily, a company like Boeing would fight this kind of
political interference with every lawyer on its payroll.
But Boeing has other "arrangements" with the Federal government
generally and the Department of Defense specifically. Among
these arrangements is
$15 billion worth of loan guarantees from the Export-Import
Bank.